New perspectives for the elucidation of genetic disorders.

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For almost 15 years, genome research has focused on the search for major risk factors in common diseases, with disappointing results. Only recently, whole-genome association studies have begun to deliver because of the introduction of high-density single-nucleotide-polymorphism arrays and massive enlargement of cohort sizes, but most of the risk factors detected account for only a small proportion of the total...

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